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Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Carson West (ranked 14893 p4p, 117 weight class) and Alistair Spong (ranked 14882 p4p, 116 weight class). Spong has chosen 2Pac - I'm A Soldier (Echale Mojo Remix) as his entrance music. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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208 lbs
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237 lbs
33 - 19 - 1 |
World class boxer
Insanely flexible
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Granite chin
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
20 - 9 - 1, fighting out of New York, Carson West!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
33 - 19 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Alistair Spong!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Daniel Blasius and Nard Betker.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Spong feints and then cracks West's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow West down.
West clinches up against the ropes.
Spong goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
West scores with a knee to the head.
It looks like Alistair Spong has been cut.
Spong misses with a body punch.
West being controlled against the ropes.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, West just misses with a elbow thrown towards Spong's brow.
Spong tries a body shot but West blocks it.
A short uppercut from Spong.
West utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
West blocks a punch to the side of the head.
West throws an elbow but it's blocked.
West throws a knee to the head but misses.
I was talking to West's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Spong misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from West.
Spong blocks the elbow strike.
West goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
West misses with an elbow strike.
Spong has a couple of punches blocked by West.
West managing to block the knees to the body from Spong.
Spong lands with a light punch inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Spong throws a knee to the head but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Spong lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
West prevents a body shot from Spong.
Spong tried to land a shot to the body but connects with West's elbow.
Spong lands a right hand.
Spong struggles to land a body shot inside as West controls his hands.
Spong tries to work over West's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Spong takes a knee right on the jaw!
West is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Spong with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Spong is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Spong's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Spong using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
West is breathing heavily.
Spong lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of West backwards.
Spong tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Spong looking to throw knees to the head but West is blocking nicely.
West looks to throw an elbow but misses.
West swings wildly with an uppercut but Spong uses good head movement to avoid it.
West throws an elbow that misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Spong takes an elbow to the forehead.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spong tries to work over West's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Spong lands an uppercut.
Spong blocks an elbow strike.
Spong with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Spong works on West's body with a couple of short punches.
Spong blocks the elbow strike.
West working aggressively here.
West lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Spong dodges an elbow strike from West.
Spong lands a body shot.
Spong has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. West seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Spong can turn it around.
Spong landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
West throws an elbow that misses.
Spong misses with a hook to the ribs.
Spong lands a body punch in the clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Spong.
A body shot lands from Spong.
Spong blocks an uppercut.
Spong lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A short body shot lands from Spong as the two fighters clinch.
Spong lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Spong unloads a knee to the mid-section. West lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Spong slowing the pace effectively.
Spong gets through West's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A left hand lands to the body for Spong.
Spong landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Spong lands a nice knee to the body.
Spong tries to throw a body punch but West avoids it by throwing Spong back against the ropes.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Spong.
Spong scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Spong lands with a short shot to the head.
West is rocked!
Spong pushes West back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Oh West is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, West just misses with a elbow thrown towards Spong's brow.
Spong cracks West with a big uppercut, right up the middle and West goes down! Oh, he's hurt! He's bigtime hurt! The referee is giving him a chance to get back to his feet - 4,5,6,7, no, he's called it off! West wasn't going to make it and the fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Alistair Spong!
Alistair Spong took to the mic in his post fight interview and said 'You even said you'd kill somebody didn't ya? I killed 2 people dog, so what that make me? It should tell you I go the extra mile just to do you homie. See when those lights go on, it's time for people like me to stand up, and we make people like you break. So do yourselves a favor man, and stay away'.
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hype
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FIGHT
RATING
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